Zimbabwe's 90 Year Old President Robert Mugabe Falls Down Stairs, Becomes Twitter Meme

Robert Mugabe falls down steps after speech in Zimbabwe

It started when 90-year-old president of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe tripped while walking down some stairs after giving a speech at Harare International Airport on Wednesday.

Cameras were there filming and photographers were there too, so the fall was captured by the media, but the president's team didn't want the footage to get out. Press photographers were told to delete any photos they took of the fall by Mugabe's security.

But as much as they tried to stop the images getting out, they got out. Press agencies around the world got hold of them, then they got to social media and the #MugabeFalls and #MugabeStumbles hashtags came with it.

And lo, a meme was born.

He came in like a wrecking ball. #MugabeFalls #RobertMugabe

Caption This........ #MugabeFalls

This #MugabeFalls craziness is solid gold.

You dirty old man #MugabeFalls #BreakTheInternet

I don't remember seeing Mugabe playing quidditch in Harry Potter.

OK, so I just had to make one too: The Neverending Dictatorship #MugabeFalls

We have to go deeper. #MugabeFalls

The road to democracy #Mugabe

Come my beauty, let us depart

♫ ♬ Mugabe, are you OK? Are you OK, Mugabe? You’ve been tripped by A smooth CRIMINAL !♬ ♫#MugabeFalls